Three more women claim Boston Deputy Fire Chief attacked them

Wednesday

Aug 27, 2008 at 12:01 AMAug 27, 2008 at 10:41 PM

Peter P. Pearson, 51, of East Bridgewater, will be arraigned next week — the third time in as many weeks — on more charges that he posed as a state trooper and either raped or tried to rape women in Brockton

Maureen Boyle

Three more women have come forward to claim a Boston deputy fire chief posed as a police officer and either raped or tried to rape them in Brockton.

Peter P. Pearson, 51, of East Bridgewater, will be arraigned next week — the third time in as many weeks — on two counts of rape, three counts of kidnapping, one count of assault to rape, three counts of impersonating a police officer, one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.

The latest charges brings the number of women who claim Pearson posed as a state trooper and then attacked them to six.

Pearson’s arraignment next Wednesday on the latest charges will come on the same day a hearing to decide if he is too dangerous to be freed on bail is set to be held.

Prosecutors at the dangerousness hearing will try to convince a judge that Pearson is too dangerous to be free on bail. If prosecutors are successful, Pearson could be held up to 90 days.

Pearson was ordered held without bail Monday when he was arraigned for the second time this month on rape and kidnapping charges.

He was arrested last week by Brockton police, accused of posing as a state trooper to kidnap and force a woman to perform a sex act on him. He was later released on $50,000 bail then arrested again, days later, after two more women came forward making similar allegations. Those women alleged he posed as a police officer in 2005 and 2003 and forced them to perform sex acts.